Name/Title
Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb Annual ReportEntry/Object ID
2017.9.294.1Description
Annual report: on front cover and title page is "The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb for the Year 1883." Printed in Philadelphia, PA by the order of the contributors, 1884. Soft covers, bound with two staples and glue. Dimensions: 6 x 9". Body of publication is 62 pp. plus 7 page appendix, plus flyleaves, etc. 74pp.
On back of front flyleaf is signed alphabet, presumably in American Sign Language [ASL]. After title page, the school's officers for 1884 are listed. These include F. Mortimer Lewis [President], Charles Willing and T. Hewson Bache, MDs and Joseph Patterson and Emlen Hutchinson [Vice Presidents], James J. Barclay [Secretary], S. Weir Lewis [Treasurer], Rowland Evans [Corresponding Secretary]. The Board of Directors listed are Morton P. Henry, Samuel A. Crozer, Isaac Hazlehurst, Daniel M. Fox, Stephen H. Brooke, Caleb J. Milne, Samuel Bradford, Charles C. Harrison, Rowland Evans, William G. Thomas, Charles S. Lewis, A. Sydney Biddle, John T. Morris, Reverend Thomas F. Davies, Reverend Joseph A. Seiss, Honorable Craig Biddle, Reverend William Neilson McVickar, Joseph M. Wilson, George Gilpin, A. R. Montgomery, Reverend William T. Breed, Henry La Barre Jayne; Edward Bettle, Jr.; and Stuart Wood.
The standing committees included the following, with names listed after each committee:
Committee of Instruction: F. Mortimer Lewis, James J. Barclay, T. H. Bache, Joseph Patterson, Stephen H. Brooke, W. G. Thomas, A. Sydney Biddle, George Gilpin, Rowland Evans, and H. La Barre Jayne.
Committee on Branch for Oral Instruction: Reverend Reverend Joseph A. Seiss, S. Weir Lewis, Charles C. Harrison, Joseph M. Wilson, Emlen Hutchinson, Daniel M. Fox, A. Sydney Biddle, Reverend William Neilson McVickar, John T. Morris, T. Hewson Bache.
Committee on the Household: Emlen Hutchinson, S. Weir Lewis, T. Hewson Bache, John T. Morris, Joseph M. Wilson, Rowland Evans, George Gilpin, Honorable Craig Biddle, Edward Bettle, Jr.
Committee on Buildings and Repairs: S. Weir Lewis, T. Hewson Bache, John T. Morris, Joseph M. Wilson, Rowland Evans, George Gilpin; Edward Bettle, Jr.
Committee on Finance: Joseph Patterson, Daniel M. Fox, Charles S. Lewis.
Ladies' Committee: Miss Anna B. Shaw and Miss Mary N. Logan [Honorary Members].
Also: Miss Margaret M. Duane, Mrs. S. Weir Lewis, Mrs. James Lesley, Mrs. Richard D. Wood, Miss Eleanor C. Patterson, Miss Mary J. Boardman, Mrs. Henry Reed, Mrs. Frederick Collins, Mrs. Henry C. Lea, Mrs. E. W. Hutter, Mrs. T. Wistar Brown.
Ladies' Visiting Committee for Branch for Oral Instruction: Mrs. Henry C. Lea, Mrs. Eben Barker, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Miss Mary J. Boardman.
Solicitor: A. Syndey Biddle.
Physician: I. Minis Hays, MD.
Consulting Physicians and Surgeons: J. M. Da Costa, MD; James Hutchinson, MD; William Hunt, MD; T. G. Morton, MD.
Consulting Oculist: William Thomson, MD.
Consulting Aurist: Charles H. Burnett, MD.
Dentist: Dr. Edward C. Kirk.
The faculty listed as working in the school included Joshua Foster [Principal], A. L. E. Crouter [Vice Principal]. Teachers included Benjamin D. Pettengill, T. Jefferson Trist, Thomas Burnside, Jacob D. Kirkhuff, John P. Walter; George L. Weed, Jr.; Henry S. Hitchcock, Sophia Knabe, Laura Nelson, Ann P. Coulter, John H. Pettingill, William G. Jenkins, Jerome T. Elwell, Julia A. Foley, Kate E. Barry, F. W. Booth, and S. T. Walker.
Teachers of Articulation included: Rebecca H. Cropper, Anna F. Snider, and Fanny Wood.
Teacher of Drawing: Lydia Edgar.
Superintendent: A. L. E. Crouter.
Staff: Gertrude A. Kirby [Matron], S. R. Briggs [Assistant Matron], Anna M. Nathans [Housekeeper], Electa M. Peters [Dressmaker], David J. Stevenson [Steward], William Lee [Supervisor of Boys], Amelia P. Barnard [Supervisor of Girls], Patrick McDonnell [Supervisor of the Shoe Shop], Edward S. Purnell [Supervisor of the Tailors' Shop], Frank W. France [Engineer], and James Scott [Watchman].
The faculty for the Day School's Branch for Oral Instruction at 317 South Eleventh Street, Philadelphia, included: Emma Garrett [Chief Instructor], Marry Garrett [First Assistant], and teachers Evelyn M. C. Harvey, Florence C. McDowell, Ella A. McDowell, Susan E. Bliss, Sarah D. McClain, Sydney C. Morrison, E. A. West, and Mary B. Shaw.
These lists of board, faculty, and staff are then followed by a a report, beginning with the announcement of the deaths of George A. Wood, Honorable George Sharswood, Charles Wheeler, and Mary E. Ziegler.
In 1883, 33 boys and 12 girls were admitted; 33 boys and 28 girls were discharged. Three boys and one girl died. Remaining at the school as of January 1, 1884 were 170 boys and 127 girls, for a total of 297 students.
The report then recites the School's financials for 1883. This is followed by the Principal's report, documenting the "movement" of the school population in 1883, which was partially addressed, above.
This is followed by the school's health report.
The Superintendent's report then follows, which includes a table of principal articles of food purchased for consumption at the school, in 1883, as well as a discussion of coal an gas consumed, and clothing items issued to the students.
The Branch for Oral Instruction's report follows. Students at the time were classified as "congenital mutes," "semi-mutes," and semi-deaf."
A list of the students in the Branch for Oral is then provided, with places of origin included. Of these, the vast majority of the students are from Philadelphia.
Physician's, Dentist's, Aurist's, and Oculist's reports then follow. The Physician's Report that four students deaths occurred in 1883; the students died from typhoid fever, and intestinal obstruction; two died from diptheria.
The next section, "Compositions," features works by the students.
This is followed by a list of the students within the larger school, and their hometowns. These are from all over the state, with a few from New Jersey. The list is organized by male and female students.
A description of the terms of admission to the school then follows.
Donations are then listed.
The appendix consists of obituaries/ biographies of Dr. George A. Wood, Honorable George Sharswood, and Charles Wheeler.Collection
Pamphlet Box Collection